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Venezuela’s Supreme Court certifies Maduro’s claims that he won presidential election
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's Supreme Court has backed President Nicolas Maduro's claims that he won last month's presidential election and said voting tallies published online showing he lost...
Aug 22, 2024
Forge transfer Canadian striker Poku to Belgian squad for CPL-record fee
HAMILTON - Canadian striker Kwasi Poku has been transferred from Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League to Belgian side RWD Molenbeek for an undisclosed fee and future considerations. Forge said in a...
Aug 22, 2024
Trudeau says government will have update shortly on solution to rail lockout
OTTAWA - The federal government will have "more to say shortly" on what it's doing to resolve a lockout at Canada's two biggest rail companies, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Canadian National Ra...
Aug 22, 2024
B.C. commuters left without West Coast Express as railways lock out workers
Rail commuters in British Columbia's Lower Mainland must find alternative transportation after Canada's two major railways locked out workers in their first-ever simultaneous stoppage. A bulletin from...
Aug 22, 2024
US government indicts Guatemalan national on smuggling charges over deaths of 53 migrants in trailer
U.S. authorities on Thursday announced the indictment of a Guatemalan national who they say helped coordinate a human smuggling effort that ended with 53 migrants dead in a sweltering tractor-trailer ...
Aug 22, 2024
Temporary closure extended for Lillooet emergency department
LILLOOET, B.C. - A temporary closure of the emergency department in Lillooet has been extended by 25 hours. In a news release issued Wednesday (Aug. 21) night, Interior Health states the emergency dep...
Aug 22, 2024
Missouri Supreme Court blocks agreement that would have halted execution
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would have spared the life of death row inmate Marcellus Williams and instead ordered a hearing to proceed on Williams' inn...
Aug 22, 2024
Rail work stoppage shuts down some Ontario, Quebec commuter rail lines
TORONTO - Bewildered commuters were turned away from shuttered rail lines on Thursday as an unprecedented railway lockout upset travel plans for more than 30,000 daily riders in some of Canada's large...
Aug 22, 2024
COLLINS: Housing — what we need and what we can afford are still miles apart
AN ARTICLE IN THE TORONTO STAR points out the bleak future for housing in Canada. The report points out quite a difference between what developers are building and what buyers want. Developers are bui...
Aug 22, 2024
Zelenskyy visits border area for the first time since Ukrainian forces entered Russia's Kursk region
President Voldymyr Zelenskyy toured the northeastern Ukrainian region of Sumy on Thursday in his first visit to the border area since his forces entered Russian territory more than two weeks ago. Duri...
Aug 22, 2024
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